Chapter 505
"Some people were born as princes, and some were born as princes, and some were born as baby clothes! Can you choose? No! I, Li Mu, Marquis of Zhulu, was a chef in the Turkic camp a year ago, and a year and a half ago, was a village hero who transported grain in Mayi. At that time, I was probably not as good as a cow and horse in the eyes of all the young masters, but today, I am standing here, what do you think?"
"Each of you has the right to vote, which is called fairness. How many votes can each get is a personal ability. Being reincarnated is also a skill. There are ten opportunities, and not everyone has a good background. Not everyone has the same idea as you. I believe that most students, after following me for several months, can they learn a little bit of my temper! Is it better for kings, princes, generals and ministers? Our Tang Technical School is about ability, whether people are good or not, and whether their fathers are good or not, isn't it considered garbage?!"
Cui Guangfu was ashamed and bowed to the end: "The student knew that he had a mistake and was willing to ask for his grades to be resigned and asked the principal to be approved."
Li Mu waved his hand and said, "No need for this. I know you are a very hardworking person. With your strength, you should be enough to graduate. Let's go back to the queue and listen to me finish your words."
Cui Guangfu returned to the crowd and stood up. Li Mu continued: "Just just now, Cui Guangfu proposed that the vote may be biased. I also gave everyone the answer. There will definitely be biased, but this is also a kind of strength. People without background can achieve excellence through their own efforts. If you know that you have no background and are unwilling to work hard, then your failure is natural and you can't blame anyone."
"The people selected through this kind of thing are either super abilities or superb backgrounds, and they are not considered ordinary. So how can ordinary people graduate? Don't worry, this principal has already thought about you carefully."
"Everyone's classes are all taken together. The teachers who teach you are the same. There is no one who knows better than your teachers' strength. Therefore, in addition to the ten people selected, you must also accept the teacher's score. All those who have taught you, including your carpenters, bricklayers, etc., will participate in the scores. The scores they give you will determine your destiny!"
Li Mu looked at the students and took their expressions in his eyes: "I saw the expressions of some of you... Ha, I feel a little guilty? I don't respect the teacher enough on weekdays? I shouted at him. Especially for those who work hard like carpenters and bricklayers, I can't help but feel disrespectful to his young master's style?"
"I can only give you two words to such a person."
"You will recite this principal's article "Talks" and there is a sentence in it, "The teacher is a person who preaches and learns the cause and helps solve doubts." You all know that respecting teachers and Taoism, so why can't you do it yourself? Because they are carpenters and bricklayers, you look down on them and don't regard them as your teachers. They don't have to respect you either. They also have to give you low scores and bear it!"
"Today, select ten people. Tonight, your teachers will give you scores one by one. Before noon tomorrow, the scores will be counted. Choose the forty people with the highest scores to graduate. The rest are students who will remain in this period."
"Forty people who can graduate, you also have the right to choose your own place to go. But this power is not unlimited. The scores required for ten yamen are different. For example, the Patent Office, as the core yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, may require higher scores. Only when your score exceeds the score line, you can choose freely."
"Of course, every yamen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is very important. I don't recommend that you choose a yamen with high scores. You should still look at your own abilities and consider whether you can do it. If you can't do it, you may be driven out if you enter the yamen. If you really get to that stage, you will be laughed at."
"Students who are residing in grades need to pay another tuition fee, and they don't charge you more, but they still have 300 trump cards. If you can't afford it, it doesn't matter. Get out of the bed and get out of here and make room for good people."
Li Mu glanced at everyone and said, "I understand how I said it clearly? If you have any questions, raise your hand!"
The students looked at each other, but no one stood up. At this time, Changsun rushed forward and said, "Teacher, the student has something to say."
"explain."
"Students are requested to withdraw from today's vote."
Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "Why is this?"
Changsun Chong said loudly: "The most typical example of the situation mentioned by Cui Guangfu just now should be the students. The student's father is the uncle of the current dynasty and the Minister of Personnel Sun Wuji. This is something that all students know. Whether due to the majesty of his father or the sympathy, many students may vote for the student. Even if the students are very confident and can rank in the top ten of the same period, there will inevitably be rumors. The students do not care, but they cannot let their mentors be criticized. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, students would rather withdraw from today's vote. The students are confident that the teachers will give students a fair score. With this score, students can also choose from the ten yamen."
As soon as these words were spoken, Cui Guangfu's face suddenly became embarrassed. His father was just a merchant, so he naturally couldn't afford to offend the Changsun family. And Changsun Chong's words were obviously unhappy. What should I do? If I offend the Minister of Personnel, can I have a good life even if I become an official?
Li Mu glanced at Changsun Chong, then looked at Cui Guangfu, and said, "What you two say makes sense. But the rules are my decision, not you. Changsun Chong, you don't care about the rumors. Do you think I will care? Don't say it's you students, the officials of the court have gone too much about me. When did I, Li Mu, care about Wei Zheng? What about Wang Gui? I have my own reason. As my student, you are under the banner of maintaining me and questioning my rules. It's abominable. I punish you for saying it ten times. Learn how to respect the teacher!"
Changsun Chong glanced at Li Mu, without a word of defense, and bowed and said, "The student knew his mistake."
"Okay, no one has any objections, so I'll follow my rules. Everyone writes a note, and hand it in my hands. I'll take a look first to see if you have shamelessly written yourself. If you haven't written your own tickets, they are all valid tickets. After we summarize the tickets, we will count the results on the spot, so that you can all convince you!"
Tang Guan acted as Li Mu's little helper and divided the students with paper and pen. A piece of rice paper was cut and a small piece of each person was enough to write the name. Li Mu took the tickets one by one, checked them, and put them away. In less than a quarter of an hour, all seventy-two tickets were written.
With Li Mu's supervision, no one dared to write about himself. After Li Mu summed up all the tickets, he mixed them up, so that it was impossible to tell who the ticket was from. Then he asked Li Siwen to sing the tickets, Tang Guan counted, and quickly selected the ten people with the largest number of votes.
To Li Mu's surprise, Changsun Chong was only ranked second and won ten votes. And ahead of him, there was another person who received twelve votes. It was exactly one of the two recommended by Wei Zheng, named Xu Ji.
Li Mu hadn't noticed this person much. He was really surprised and asked, "Your name is Xu Ji, where is your origin?"
"Gaoyang Xu family."
"I remember you were recommended by Mr. Wei. What is your relationship with Mr. Wei?"
"Mr. Wei and his uncle have an old age, and they recommended the students for their uncle's sake."
"Who is your uncle?"
"I was once one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace, and now I am a writer. I also studied the history of the Sui Dynasty, Xu Jingzong."
The name "Oh" is well-known. In "The Legend of Wu Meiniang", this old thing is very bad and has no moral integrity. Li Mu also knows a little about his relationship with Wei Zheng. He accidentally learned about it when he was investigating Wei Zheng's background.
When Yu Wenhua and launched a coup, they killed Xu Jingzong's father Xu Shanxin. Xu Jingzong knelt down and begged for mercy to avoid death. He fled to Wagang Village and became Li Mi's documentary. He was a colleague in the same office as Wei Zheng. No wonder Wei Zheng would recommend him, it turned out that he had a friendship.
Xu Jingzong was not famous in the Zhenguan period, but in the era of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, he was able to figure out the best intentions and support the deposed king Liwu, and he was able to achieve the position of the Central Secretariat. The company chief Sun Wuji and others were beaten by him.
Of course, Xu Jingzong's good or bad has little to do with Li Mu. After all, Li Zhi is still a two-year-old baby now, and Wu Zetian doesn't know where he is. A writer who sits on the bench to study the history of the country doesn't have to care about him at all. Looking at Xu Ji looking at him nervously, Li Mu knew what he was worried about. He was worried that his background would affect his future. After all, even if the rules were set, Li Mu could change it at will.
Li Mu laughed and said, "If you can recommend you as the first, you must be a capable person. I respect the students' choices. You are the first. You choose yourself. Which yamen do you want to join?"
Xu Ji was overjoyed and said, "Students want to join the Industrial and Commercial Bureau!"
Li Mu let out a long sigh. What he feared most was that Xu Ji chose the Patent Office and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Although he was a little worried, there was no big problem. Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, then the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. From top to bottom, there is a director, corresponding to the sixth rank, director, corresponding to the seventh rank, section chief, corresponding to the eighth rank, and chief officer, corresponding to the ninth rank. I will give you the seventh rank director, and go to the Ministry of Personnel to report tomorrow afternoon. I will go to the Ministry of Personnel’s office to report the next day. I will arrange your office in the future."
"Thank you, Principal!" Xu Ji was overjoyed and was about to kneel down. Li Mu helped him up and said, "You have graduated today, so you can't call Principal. In the future, you will be an official in the same court. I hope you can be loyal to Your Majesty and work diligently. You should be clear about the meaning of my words. I hope you don't let me down." After pausing, Li Mu said, "The consequences of disappointing me are quite serious, and you may not bear it."
"Students remember."
Li Mu waved his hand, and the second place was Changsun Chong. When Changsun Chong saw Li Mu, he looked ashamed. He didn't expect that he was not the first. He asked himself that he had achieved the ultimate in his efforts and the prestige in the hearts of the students, but he only got ten votes in this anonymous vote, which was indeed a little embarrassed.
Li Mu patted his shoulder and said, "It's great. Your votes are a little lower. It probably has something to do with me asking you to do things. I'm estranged from my classmates. It doesn't matter, my mentor doesn't blame you. Choose, which yamen do you want to go to?"
Changsun Chong looked at Xu Ji, but he wanted to say something but stopped. Li Mu understood what he meant and said, "You are all top ten talents from the Tang Technical School. I am a little reluctant to leave it in the same yamen. But I respect your choice. If you also want to join the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, it's OK, but you have to be under Xu Ji. After all, he is the first place and you are the second place."
Changsun thought for a while and said, "The student wants to ask his mentor's advice."
"My suggestion..." Li Mu originally wanted to choose whatever he wanted, but when he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, cleared his throat and said, "I met His Majesty a few days ago and heard a little news. It seems that His Majesty is going to rectify the imperial property recently, such as fields, orchards, Heze, etc., and we must clarify it. In the opinion of our teacher, the Imperial Property Bureau has great potential. If you are willing, you can come to the Imperial Property Bureau."
Changsun Chong did not hesitate at all and said, "Students will listen to their mentors and go to the Imperial Property Bureau."
"Okay, then you can come to the Imperial Property Bureau as the director. Like Xu Ji, go to the Ministry of Personnel tomorrow and report to the Ministry of Works in the future."
With the first two proofs, the latter also understood the way. Ten yamen corresponded to ten people. If you choose the one you have not selected before, you can be the seventh-rank director. If you choose the one you have the same ranking as before, because the ranking is low, the official can only be small.
This is a bit difficult, with nine bureaus and one guard, and ten yamen gates. From the name, you can see that there must be good and bad.
Can we compare the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Sales Department? Why do you come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Who can be willing to go to the Sales Department to coax the children?
There are still people in the forefront who can’t go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, but they can go to the Imperial Industry Bureau and Fengchen Bureau, which are all good places, but when they reach the seventh or eighth place, they have no choice. The eighth place went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and became the eighth-rank section chief, the ninth place went to the Fengchen Bureau and became the eighth-rank section chief, and the tenth place was really unwilling to be the eighth-rank section chief, so they gritted their teeth and chose the Sales Department.
What surprised Li Mu was that there was no one to choose the Patent Office! He thought that this would be the most popular yamen. But then he thought about it and understood the reason. No one to choose the Patent Office should be related to the current environment. It has been a long time since the Patent Office started. In addition to Bimenting's printing technology, there are various patents of Li Mu. Some of the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works have applied for patents in response to Li Mu's call or to make some money. None of the various families, merchants, etc. have participated.
Perhaps they felt that this patent office was destined to be cold and were worried about sitting on the bench, so they were interested in talking, and would rather go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to be the section chief and the Sales Department to coax the children than be the director here.
A bunch of fools!
But this is also good, so I just take this opportunity to arrange a safe person.
And, isn't Sales Bureau good?
Chapter completed!